NDA nominee and former union minister Venkaiah Naidu took on former West Bengal governor Gopal krishna Gandhi, the candidate put forward by the Opposition for the post of Vice-President of the country.

The voting began at 10 00 am Saturday and ended at 5.00 pm this evening. The result was announces at 7.00 pm. Indian time

While Naidu had the support of the NDA parties along with AIADMK, TRS and YSRCP, Gandhi got the votes of MPs belonging to the Congress, RJD, JD(U), NCP, Left and other smaller parties.